channel 9. federal government opening at noon today, other local governments opening late. so far we have dc bubble schools opening two hours late. you can check for your delays on the ticker at the bottom of your screen or on our website. >> definitely check out the wusa9 app, it is free, you can get it on itunes. anyway it is very easy. you can start your own school -- you can star your own school so you don't have to scroll through. it is enough in spots to cause slk response a lot of the schools are likely going to err on the side of caution. montgomery county now two hours late. 5:00 the magic hour, we are going to start to get a lot more delays, maybe closings in here in a while. let's talk about our forecast for today. we are starting out cold enough

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we are watching the temperatures very carefully. they tell the whole story north right now at 32. 34 at nation. -- at national. cold enough to keep it above freezing. there is a slickness on the sidewalks the roads won't be much of a concern. this afternoon much better, upper 30s, northeastern maryland. harrison burglary around 50. 44 in dc.

monika samtani, we have snow, sleet, little bit of freezing rain. >> not going to help the situation. for those of you who are deciding to get an early start, for the most part that is a good idea. as howard has been saying all morning it is the time that is going to be a ncern. give yourself the extra time you may need as some of this ice comes in. if you are planning to head over on the beltway, west side of town, you see this yellow behind me, that means there is some volume. i think there is earlier than normal. no issues on the toll road or 66 from the west. if you are planning to head here on the southbound side here of 270, volumes are light between route 109 and 121. back to the map this time, closer inside the beltway, all of your bridges are fine remember bridges are a concern with weather like this. right now no issues on the

road. everything looks good on the seuss sa bridge coming in on pennsylvania avenue. one more live look this time northbound side of i-95. mike back to you. friends co-workers and students joined together to remember a mother and a daughter who died in a fire last week. a memorial for laura snyder gardner and her 16-year-old daughter, marley ann was held at gallaudet university. the two died back on january 23rd, when the home they were represent not guilty falls church caught fire in the very early morning hours. they are going to be buried in their native state of wisconsin. two robbery related incidents near the university of maryland's college park campus has students on alert. the first happened sunday just outside the shanghai cafe. suspects punched a man and took his wallet and cell phone.

the man tried to rob a student of his laptop and the two scuffled and the would-be robber took off on foot. i am watching your money investors are wondering if they can keep this rally going friday. friday the s & p 500 is a very broad index of the overall stock mark. it closed above 1500 for the first time since the start of the great recession back in 2007. checking the numbers for you, the dow had a good day too, it was up by 70 points to hit another five year high. the nasdaq was up by 19 and the s & p 500 was up by 8 points florida apple no longer the most valuable stock in the world. it got bumped friday by none other than oil join mobile. it was down around $440 a share

as of the latest sessions. that followed a disappointing earnings report. now it is official toyota once again the world's top automaker. the japanese automaker just released its global vehicle sales for last year. it sold 9.75 million vehicles. gm had been the top selling automaker for more than seven decades before losing the title to toyota in 2008. they keep going back and forth on that crown, who is selling the most in the world. >> it is a big challenge, especially with toyota having as many recalls. another miracle on the hudson. not as big, but pretty impressive still. >> two people aboard a small plane survived after crashing into the icy water. that story, coming up. we hear from the great eight after the caps finally get their first win of the

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along. alexandria and prince george's county. two hours late this morning due to the sleet snow freezing rain we are dealing with. conditions will be a lot better. that is going to be the same case for you. you get the whole list of delays on our website wusa9.com. >> here's a look at our day planner. cold enough to support that snow sleet mix. transitioning into many areas. with highs today around 44 degrees. as we go into the next few days. five minutes over to monika. she has timesaver traffic. >> reporter: southbound of i-27 0 you can see the roads are wet traffic is slowing downright here. this is going to extend toward clarksburg before the pace improves down at falls road and

the split traffic still moving pretty well. more on traffic in a few minutes. back to you guys. it is 5:10. here are some of the other stories that are new this morning. a case earlly similar to a rhode island fire. more than 200 people are dead in brazil after a band pirate row technicians show ignited a fire. at first security guards tried to stop people coming out of the building. >> a curfew is underway in parts of egypt after the president declared a state of emergency in three canal provinces. they were hit hardest by a weekend wave of unrest. anger has been fueled by president mohammed morsi's policies. two people are lucky to be alive this morning after their small plane crashed into the hudson river. the man and woman were on a

sightseeing trip. they were rescued from the freezing water within 30 minutes. the plane later sank into the hudson. our commute this morning most of us got to the station before anything was falling out of the sky. >> many of you will have frozen precipitation on your way to work this morning. coming up, some relief is on the way too. there is a

howard bernstein has complications for you this morning. >> reporter: especially there morning, over the next four or five hours or so, right now, we have temperatures which are critical, at or below freezing in many areas, we have a mix of snow and sleet and freezing rain coming down. it is fairly light but it is accumulating just enough to cause some problems. here's your day planner. temperatures this morning starting right around freezing here with that mix of rain and freezing rain. we'll quickly warm up by midmorning, here in dc. north of town the cold will hold on a little longer. winner weather advisory by 10:00 a.m. a high of 44 today. by 8:00 we are 40 degrees and cloudy. we are going to stay in the

upper 30s. once we get out of the morning, here's the winter weather advisories, you go east of the bay and these pink areas down south as you get toward richmond those are freezing rain advisories for several hours this morning. as the moisture coming in from the west hits the cold air which is in place. especially difficult to dislodge, but it is going to take a little time. north of town we are getting reports of snow and sleet mixed in, in many areas. south of town i have had reports of sleet down in stafford, sleet in waldorf from our weather watchers, you see these higher returns here, sometimes heavy rain, this down here is likely sleet as well. temperatures as i said critical this morning, even in areas where it is above freezing,

like la plata, at 33. there are going to be pockets in southern maryland that are at freezing and the air is cold enough to support precipitation coming down. don't be surprised if the sleet is pattering on the windows this morning for awhile. 34 in culpepper. 29 hagerstown. these are going to be the areas that will be the last to switch over. we have decent visibility but cloudy skies, a snow sleet mix. light rain at national, again visibility is good, winds south at 9, bringing in warmer air. what you see on the temperatures is a surge of warmth here, st. louis 5, bismarck 22. arctic air up in north they were maine. that is it for now. we are going to see warm weather for the next couple of days move north. the jet stream will push the warmth toward the midwest

first. today we get in the 40s, tomorrow 50s and wednesday we are climbing into the 60s. the problem is this morning we are dealing with enough cold air to give us sleet and freezing rain and little bit of snow at the onset. most of the ice areas north and northeast of town, as we head toward lunch time, still showers around. anybody seeing anything frozen, likely up toward northeastern maryland, near the maryland border. temperatures climb into the low to mid-40s, milder air moves in in fact tonight we are going to stay in the 30s to near 40 for a low. tomorrow looks like a nice tuesday around here, we'll get sunshine, especially south and west in the afternoon. highs tomorrow in the 50s to even 60 plus where the sun comes out and we could be flirting with 70 in spots by wednesday. today 44, we have the freezing rain early, a yellow

alert for this morning. definitely going to slow you down. we have a bunch of school delays, which have been coming in over the last hour or so. tonight 38 tomorrow pleasantly mild 58 degrees. 70 south of town with a chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon as a strong cold front heads our way. that will knock us down to 46 thursday maybe a flurry. friday and saturday mid-30s with snow showers friday. we'll find out sunday still chilly, temperatures in the mid-30s. monika samtani, we have sleet, snow, freezing rain out there. >> and you forgot to say it is monday. add that in why don't you? >> reporter: northbound i-95 north of quantico there is an accident sitting on the left shoulder and it is already causing delays getting by. delays are open northbound on 95. also because a lot of people are listening to our howard bernstein and trying to get an

early start. southbound 270, same story. lots of slow traffic that stretched from 109 to 121. we'll take a live look outside. here's what it looks like on the beltway at new hampshire avenue. still looks good receiving the 95 interchange as you head westbound toward silver spring and bethesda. back to the maps, this time west on the inbound side of i-66, we will definitely start to see brake lights out of manassas into centerville. once you are in centerville it seems to break loose a bit traveling toward fairfax. northbound 95, don't forget about that accident in quantico sitting on the left shoulder. back to you guys. thank you monika. arlington county schools are closed. we have a lot of delays, that is one of the few closures. we just got that in. speaking of ice, that is the reason why they closed. the profession alice on the ice, the caps did not go nearly as

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welcome back. 5:23. your weather first on this monday morning. winter weather advisory until 10:00. by 9:00 most of it should have switched over to a cold rape and low 30s. areas north of town don't be entriesed if some of the -- surprised if some of the freezing rain persists. we'll head toward lunch time. mid to upper 30s. this afternoon, showers still here and there as high temperatures climb toward the 44-degree range with a 5:30

p.m. temperature of 52. much better by lunch time. good morning, everybody. when the nhl season started, we knew there would be stuttering out the gate. with the caps losing four straight to open the season and finding themselves in the penalty box way too much, players and coach adam oats were starting to question the team's work ethic i'm sure many of you fans were as well. but yesterday the caps they finally seem to be getting into somewhat of a group. the buffalo who were visiting, tyler in to put the sabres on top. the caps got going four minutes left. it is their third goal of the season. the moment you have been waiting for. alex o, gets his first goal of

the season. ends up being the decisive goal. caps get their first victory 3- 2 the final. >> finally a win. much better for us right now you know? no pressure to show us right now. >> caps head out on the road. this is officially super bowl week of course the san francisco 4ers arrived in new orleans yesterday evening. the baltimore ravens are expected to arrive about 4:00 today. you can see the big game here. the ravens second trip to the super bowl they won their first one back in 2000. 49ers it is their sixth trip to the super bowl . john harbaugh and jim harbaugh. starting this evening we will be bringing you the latest news and excitement live from new orleans. tune in every evening.

that will do it for your morning sports, have a great monday. today capitol hill lawmakers are going to announce a bipartisan deal on immigration reform. plus if you recovered from holiday spending there are deep discounts on certain items right now. i'm watching your money, coming up. how is traffic looking? >> reporter: slow on i-27 0 with road conditions as well, watch out for that. give yourself an early start if you can this morning. you are

>> i'm mike haiduk. monk ca cant is here.

don't forget this little baby. if you have one of these, the ipad app is spectacular. on the upper left-hand side you see two red bars that has closings and delays on it. as soon as you hit one of those little bars, check it out. closings and delays. of course it is not going to come up. live tv right? you can see the list. here we go. there is a little area where you can star it. >> and that is a growing list. >> if you star it, every single time you open the app your school comes up first. if you don't have it don't worry about it. we have a lot going on, we know that dc also montgomery is on a two hour delay. >> arlington closed and alexandria a two hour delay.

we have sleet, freezing rain, wet snowflakes from there as well. temperatures running in the low 30s. some problems with a little bit of build up here and there. by 9:00 still that wintry mix, especially north of town. by noon showers, 37. so winter weather advisory this morning. wait a minuter weather advisory covers just about everybody. down south a freezing rain advisory toward the richmond area. raining in the ohio valley. the moisture goes all the way back toward illinois and chicago. seeing showers this morning. just a mess of snow sleet freezing rain all over the place.

while it is above freezing temperaturewise, freezing rain toward winchester. dcnorth and east and even southern maryland, areas of snow and sleet this morning with temperatures in the lower 30s. 30 in gaithersburg. 32 andrews, south of town 35 in fredericksburg. monika samtani, good morning to you. monday ice goo. >> good morning. >> great combo, great way to start off the week, don't you think? not really on the southbound side of i-27 0, for example you have tons of slow traffic. it started way in the early morning 5:00 hour as you head southbound on i-27 0, expect delays coming down from 109 to 121. look at there on the northbound side of i-95, early morning accident sits on the shoulder but because of that, you are going i would say about 28 miles per hour trying to get up

toward triangle and to that point an accident sitting on the shoulder there. no problems beyond that as we head toward springfield. we'll look northbound side of i-95, heavy, heavy volume, of course lots of people listening to us and trying to get an early start, which is a good thing heading northbound on i-95 as well. let's go back to the maps, this time to southern maryland, all of your major corridors are still looking good. no problems to report out of brandywine. a live look here at the wilson bridge where traffic volumes are light on the south side of town. back with more traffic in ten minutes. just to clarify too, fairfax county is actually off today and tomorrow student holidays. they are not going to have an issue today and boy, are we having issues. a couple of degrees, can make a huge difference. >> it is mostly below freezing outside the beltway. howard has been showing up

delia is live in leesburg checking on the conditions there, morning delia. >> reporter: good morning. actually we are getting freezing rain here in leesburg, right off route 70. the morning commute is well underway. so far so good though, no major slick spots on the road that we have encountered. our drive to leesburg started around 4:00 this morning. we saw several vehicles laying down salt. you can certainly tell by those delays and advisories and even the closings that we have heard so far, in the northern virginia area that everyone is advising drivers to stay off the roads so these crews and other crews in our area can do their work to

make sure these roads are clear. so they want you to stay home so these guys can do their work. if you need to head out, i guess the advisory is to drive very slowly, even though it seems clear right now as far as the road conditions, they are just really wet pavement at this point because crews have done a good job, there could be some slick spots. drive carefully, drive defensively and remember the bridges and off ramps always freeze first. back to you. >> the trucks are out there parked on the side of the road. thanks delia. a bipartisan group of senators has agreed on a sweeping rewrite of the u.s. immigration laws. they plan to formally announce the deal they worked on later today. it is said to cover border security, guest workers and employer verification as well as a pass to legal citizenship. it is believed there are at least 11 million immigrants already in the united states that are undocumented.

president obama plans to address immigration reform tomorrow during a speech in nevada. today the senate is expected to pass a $50 billion bill to help victims of superstorm sandy. as many as 40,000 people are left homeless, at least 3500 families are still living some hotels. fema is fund that go temporary housing. the house pass this had bill just a couple of weeks ago. watching your money i have timely shopping tips for you. if you want too step out in a new wardrobe or pick up electronics, this is actually a really good time to buy. stores are trying to get rid of all the left over christmas merchandise and apparel deals have heated up so far this year. the deals aren't just awin heir peril either. you are finding deep discounts on basics like socks and

underwear. prices are slashed on even designer clothing. and the discounts on consumer electronics are picking up as well. we had weaker than expected holiday sales, and in other words, note just the usual seasonal apparel discounts happening right now. everything on sale, discounting not limited to the clothing retailers. had a bigger uptick in consumer electronics with a 57% increase in editor's choice deals for the past two weeks. >> time to get sales and take advantage of them. okay it is 5:37. by there time next week, the super bowl will be in the rear-view mirror and we'll talk about the winner a little bit and we'll also be talking about the best super bowl commercials of the year. we are going to preview that, coming up. plus why

got some rain and sleet here in northwest dc this morning. a little bit of a build-up here on our weather terrace. watch out if a few slick spots. over the next few hours, we'll transition over to rainshowers. however right now light freezing rain and sleet this morning. we'll rise from the low 30s to the low to mid-40s when the day is out. the 7-day forecast in about five minutes. monika has timesaver traffic. >> reporter: volumes are building and road conditions are getting wet. give yourself the extra time you need to deal with it. northbound of i-95. at route 644 jammed up to the beltway, i'll have more in a few minutes. back to you guys. time right now is 5:40. we have been combing through the day's daily deals and retailer websites to find you discounts and favorites. if you are looking for a new

flat screen, check out best buy. it is selling a 32-inch samsung television $2799.99. how about a night out on the town? road 24 is one of dc's hottest dining destinations. right now a dinner for two with wine pairings only $169. that is 29% off the usual $240 tab. the offer available through guilt city dc. and -- through deal city dc. spend 50 bucks get $100 worth of services at ira ludwig salon in bethesda. if you have an offer i would love to hear from you on facebook. she is the first lady of english literature and today marks the 200th anniversary of jane austen's first novel,

pride and prejudice. it resonated worldwide. everyone can download austen's books for free. she still sold 13 2,000 copies last year from britain. >> howard has the forecast after the break. plus a deal that could amount to 20% pay cuts for temperatures of thousands of people who work in this area. in the meantime, let's see who is celebrating a birthday today. alan al qaeda da is 77 years old. sarah mclaughlin is 45 years

old and katherine morris is 44. >> she co-starred with tom cruise, back street boy nick carter is 33. elijah wood is 32 and if it is your birthday, have a great day.

we asked if howard was a digital native but it is more like my era. >> it is a good era. >> parachute pants and michael jackson jackets and mullets. >> i'm there too but i'm in full denial. >> a big thank you to everybody who contacted me on facebook. just wanted to share some of

the reports around the area, gene smith in colonial beach they have sleet there. freezing rain in bowie, dwayne stone in meyersville a little bit of everything going on there. ground covered in annendale. and just started sleeting in prince frederick. keep them coming here. very easy to contact me. here's a look at your day planner. we have this sort of wintry mess this morning light freezing rain or sleet. wet snow mixed in. temperatures are running mostly in the low 30s. also got a phone call from scott in superryville, virginia. very little sleet. freezing rain. 38 at 1:00. the warm air moves in with

transitional rainshowers. 41 by 3:00 with a high today. winter weather, due to be sleet freezing rain combination, not looking like a lot of moisture. you saw delia a little bit earlier. v-dot has been out. snow mixing in as well, in fight quite a few areas. when i was on the weather channel a few minutes ago mainly sleet and rain out there and the freezing rain sleet more to the north and the south although you heard the reports even at colonial beach seeing sleet. prince frederick seeing sleet. that will be the case temperatures critical this morning. 32 in laurel, that is why even southern prince george's down waldorf, 32. upper calvert, we have to watch

out for slick spots. 32 at fairfax. anything not treated potentially your sidewalk your driveway your path to the mailbox or just out the front door. if you are not careful 34 at national feeling like 26. just plain old rain with a south wind at 9. humidity at 70%. temperatures the next few days going all over the place. 72 in little rock. 71 in st. louis and 22 in bismarck. then on wednesday, watch what happens. here comes a new shot of arctic air at bismarck. 60s and 70s in the carolinas. the cold will be coming toward the end of the week. this morning we are dealing with the rain sleet freezing rain. midmorning some of that will be northeastern maryland.

turns nice and mild here tomorrow and wednesday. freezing rain early and the sleet. showers later on 44. tonight 38. approximate not too cold. tomorrow 58, pleasantly mild with 50s west of town. 66 wednesday. a threat of thunderstorms wednesday afternoon. lowdon county schools closed for the day. prince william two hour delay. thursday 46 blustery, with friday's high in the mid-30s. over to monika samtani, a couple of closures. >> reporter: lowdon county schools are now closed. i want to let you know first of all frederick county schools in maryland are two hour delay. also to want let you know if

you are one of those that use brunswick lines 870 and 880 are now running 30 minutes late. metro is honoring your tickets instead of mark, so you have that option available for you. in the meantime lots of slow traffic to report if you are planning to head over on the beltway you have got that going on now through the new carrollton area. also slow traffic as you try to head into the northeast corner coming off the bw parkway on route 50. a live look outside, show you what the major thoroughfares look like. this is going to extend toward 121 with the wet road conditions right now. one more look at our map, heading inbound on i-66 where lanes are open. slow traffic forming as you travel into the fairfax area, a live look through the manassas and centerville area. here's what we are following. heavy rains trigger aid deadly

landslide in indonesia. at least 11 people died and 9 others are missing. soldiers are searching homes which were buried under mud and other debris. australia's prime minister is offering condolences to families killed in massive flooding. several more reported missing. more than 200,000 homes are without electricity and many people have been told to move to higher ground. the u.s. coast guard is looking into a barge that is leaking oil into the mississippi river. two warnings struck the vicksburg railroad bridge early yesterday morning. one of the warnings was gashed and started leaking crude oil. when congress reached a fiscal cliff deal earlier this month, lawmakers postponed the deal when it comes to the federal budget and that put sequestration, the huge automatic federal budget cuts back on the table. >> they haven't taken effect

yet but could happen this spring. now plight co-reports the pentagon is preparing a plan to furlough civilian workers one day each week for five months. that would save an estimated $5 billion. wusa9 reporter got reaction. >> reporter: wusa 9 asked facebook followers if they were pentagon employees what would it mean to them? >> we have one kid in college i have stage three colon cancer and chemotherapy, no we cannot afford any pay cut now. james wilson i'm concerned about my bills. >> family of four here, husband disable, pay frozen for three years and now they want to take two days of paycheck away from me? a hit of the generation al wars, they should furlough some 14s and 15z, higher pay grades not

me. i barely make anything. let those really old people retire. all the 80-year-olds coming to work with their canes. >> the answer is catastrophic and bad. >> the vice president of foreign policy and defense studies at the heritage foundation. >> god forbid something happens in the middle of this, somebody wasn't at their desk, at the very best we are going to waste a lot of money and make a lot of things harder because congress and this president failed us with an idea we all knew was stupid to begin with. nobody likes the idea of these automatic across-the- board cuts, and congress keeps managing to put them off. but the defense department and other federal agencies still have to be ready just in case. it is super bowl week. are you ready for super commercials? plus the witch hunters shot down everything they

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they survived the ordeal at the hands of a witch and are now trying to kill off all the witches. the ravens are heading to new orleans today getting ready for the super bowl . they are playing the 49ers in super bowl xlvii. nonfootball fans have plenty of entertainment. beyonce is the halftime show. millions will be watching for the commercials and some of them will definitely become classics, just like this one. >> i'm a firm believer in paradigm breaking. outside the box thinking. >> break was over 15 minutes ago. >> and since terry has been with us our productivity has gone up 6%. we are getting more from our employees than ever before. >> you know you need a cover

sheet. >> hey janice. >> if you have an all time favorite super bowl commercial let us know. hey janice. remember you can see the big game of course right here on wusa9 network coverage of super bowl xlvii. we have live reports starting tonight throughout the week. our crews include the lovely andrea roane. that is her hometown, new orleans is. she is going to take us on a great tour, and everything heading up to the big game right here on wusa9. >> there is a whole bunch to watch. thanks a lot for waking up with us this monday morning. i'm mike haiduk, it is january 28. i'm jessica doyle in for andrea roane. howard bernstein has our weather first. all federal employees are asked to remain f